THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. SEPTEMBER 20, 1940. 1109
No. 1053.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
The following Order of His Majesty in Council is published for general information.
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
18th September, 1940.
STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS
1940 No. 1324
REPRISALS
German and Italian Commerce
ORDER IN COUNCIL AS TO AIRCRAFT AND Goops CARRIED
THEREIN.
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
THE 17TH DAY OF JULY, 1940.
PRESENT
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS it is provided by the Prize Act, 1939 (2 & 3 Geò, 6. c. 65), that the law relating to Prize shall apply in relation to aircraft and goods carried therein in the same manner as it applies to ships and goods carried therein :
AND WHEREAS by Orders in Council dated the 27th day of November, 1939(a), and the 11th day of June, 1940(b), His Majesty was pleased, for the reasons specified in the said Orders, to direct certain measures to be taken against the commerce of Germany and Italy respectively:
AND WHEREAS it is provided by the said Orders that the law and practice in Prize shall, so far as applicable, be followed in all cases arising thereunder:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to make clear the position of aircraft and goods carried therein in relation to the said Orders:
NOW, THEREFORE, His Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-
The Orders in Council dated the 27th day of November, 1939, and the 11th day of June, 1940, shall be deemed to have applied and shall apply as if the terms "merchant vessel" and "vessel", wherever occurring therein, included civil aircraft; as if the term port included place; and as if the term "sailed from included the departure of an aircraft.
E. C. E. Leadbitter.
(@) S.R. & O. 1939 (No. 1709) II, p. 3606. (b) S.R. & O. 1940 No. 979.